General Information of MIC (ID: MIC00862)
MIC Name Mycoplasma agalactiae (mycoplasmas)
MIC Synonyms Borrelomyces agalactiae
Body Site Ocular Surface
Lineage Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Tenericutes
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species: Mycoplasma agalactiae
Oxygen Sensitivity Facultative anaerobe
Microbial Metabolism Fermentative
Gram Positive
Genome Size (bp) 1006702
No. of Coding Genes 820
No. of Non-Coding Genes 93
No. of Small Non-Coding Genes 93
No. of Gene Transcripts 918
No. of Pseudogenes 5
No. of Base Pairs 1006702
Description Mycoplasma agalactiae is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma. This genus of bacteria lacks a cell wall around their cell membrane. Without a cell wall, they are unaffected by many common antibiotics such as penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis.
External Links Taxonomy ID
2110
Genome Assembly ID
ASM8986v1
GOLD Organism ID
Go0212246
Host Immune Factors (HIFs)
          Macrophages
             HIF ID HIFC0020 HIF Info       Class Macrophages (Mac)
             Description Mycoplasma agalactiae is associated with macrophages response. [1]
Environmental Factor(s)
             Disbiome ID
      90
References
1 Xer1-independent mechanisms of Vpma phase variation in Mycoplasma agalactiae are triggered by Vpma-specific antibodies. Int J Med Microbiol. 2017 Dec;307(8):443-451. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.10.005. Epub 2017 Nov 6.

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